On the first day of the 2008-09 school year, Children’s Aid celebrated a special grant from New York State Assembly Member Adriano Espaillat for our work in two community schools in Washington Heights.

Sponsored by the Audrey Miller Poritzky Education Fund (AMPEF) for Children, The Children’s Aid Society’s Youth Speak Out on Education featured performances and presentations from teens addressing potential solutions to the New York City student drop out crisis.